Weekly 3-Year Low Highlights: Sanofi, Exelon, Cummins, W.W. Grainger

A look at companies whose stocks have recently reached their 3-year lows

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Nov 18, 2015
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According to GuruFocus list of 3-year lows, Sanofi (SNY, Financial), Exelon Corp. (EXC, Financial), Cummins Inc. (CMI, Financial) and W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW, Financial) have all reached their three-year lows.

Sanofi reached $43.46

The prices of Sanofi's shares have declined to $43.46. It is now 26.5% off the three-year high of $57.42.

Sanofi has a market cap of $113.95 billion. Its shares were traded at around $43.46 with a P/E ratio of 22.44 and a P/S ratio of 2.95. The dividend yield of Sanofi stocks is 3.69%, and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 2.70% over the past 10 years.

Sanofi has released results for its third quarter of 2015. In this quarter, the company increased sales by 3.4% to €9.59 billion, while diabetes sales decreased 6.6%. Business EPS increased 6.1% to €1.61, and net income was up 5% to €2.09 billion.

Exelon Corp. reached $27.69

The prices of Exelon's shares have declined to $27.69, which is 32.1% off the three-year high of $38.93.

Exelon is a utility services holding company. It has a market cap of $25.46 billion, and its shares were traded at around $27.69 with a P/E ratio of 12.32 and a P/S ratio of 0.82. The dividend yield of Exelon stocks is 4.49%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 1.00% over the past 10 years.

For its third quarter of 2015, Exelon reported GAAP net income of $629 million, which was down from the $993 million reported for the same quarter in 2014. On a non-GAAP basis, net income was $757 million compared to $676 million last year. GAAP EPS for the third quarter were 69 cents versus $1.15 for the prior year quarter.

Cummins Inc. reached $97.90

The prices of Cummins' shares have declined to $97.90, which is 41.4% off the three-year high of $161.03.

Cummins is a diesel engine manufacturer. The company designs, manufactures, distributes and services diesel and natural gas engines. Cummins has a market cap of $17.39 billion. Its shares were traded at around $97.90 with a P/E ratio of 10.52 and a P/S ratio of 0.91. The dividend yield of Cummins' stocks is 3.38%, and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 13.10% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Cummins the business predictability rank of 3-star.

Cummins has released its third-quarter results. Net sales were down to $4.62 billion compared to $4.89 billion for the prior year quarter. Net income was $380 million, or $2.14 per diluted share versus $423 million, or $2.32 per share for the year-ago period. Cummins also announced plans to reduce its workforce by up to 2,000 people in response to a slowdown in global markets.

Director Bruno Di Leo bought 1,500 shares of Cummins stock on Nov. 16 at the average price of $99.52 per share.

W.W. Grainger Inc. reached $193.26

The prices of W.W. Grainger's shares have declined to $193.26, which is 32.5% off the three-year high of $276.38.

W.W. Grainger has a market cap of $12.13 billion, and its shares were traded at around $193.26 with a P/E ratio of 16.98 and a P/S ratio of 1.30. The company has a dividend yield of 2.39% and an annual average earnings growth of 14.40% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated W.W. Grainger the business predictability rank of 5-star.

For its third quarter, the company reported sales down 1% year over year to $2.5 billion with operating earnings down 12% to $341 million. EPS for the period was $2.92, down 12% from the $3.30 reported last year.

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